It's sad how spot-on it is, except that scientists (and some parts of the interested general public) are still excited to learn and discover how nature works. I know I find it exhilarating when I learn some deep truth, even if it is at some weak level (an instance was when my Quantum Mechanics professor gave a lecture about how Angular Momentum is just two harmonic oscillators, once again showing that everything important is a harmonic oscillator in disguise). I can only wonder why more people don't share the same enthusiasm for discovery.
They've been taught by their schools that thinking is hard. They've been taught by their schools to hate what children naturally love: to learn new things, to love poetry, etc. And then there are those who benefit from keeping people ignorant.
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